Alaska Guard Rescues Two After Plane Crash

October 15, 2018

Airmen with the Alaska Air National Guard’s 210th and 212th Rescue Squadrons on Saturday rescued two people after their plane crashed in the wilderness. The plane went down near Tyonek, west of Anchorage, and a good Samaritan pilot saw the wreckage and reported it to the Alaska Rescue Coordination Center, according to a JB Elmendorf-Richardson release. An HH-60G with the 210th launched with a Guardian Angel team from the 212th, and the downed aircraft’s 406 MHz emergency locator transmitter directed them to the scene of the crash. The airmen were able to rescue the two injured people, and took them to Central Peninsula Hospital is Soldotna, the release states.